/hwip"saw', wip"-/ , n. , v. , whipsawed, whipsawed or whipsawn, whipsawing .
n.
1. a saw for two persons, as a pitsaw, used to divide timbers lengthwise.
v.t.
2. to cut with a whipsaw.
3. to win two bets from (a person) at one turn or play, as at faro.
4. to subject to two opposing forces at the same time: The real-estate market has been whipsawed by high interest rates and unemployment.
v.i.
5. (of a trailer, railroad car, etc.) to swing suddenly to the right or left, as in rounding a sharp curve at high speed.
[ 1530-40; WHIP + SAW 1 ]